{"id":517,"date":"2019-09-05T10:39:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T10:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nitk.acm.org\/blog\/?p=517"},"modified":"2019-09-05T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T11:11:55","slug":"who-are-you-without-all-the-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitk.acm.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/05\/who-are-you-without-all-the-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are you without all the noise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>7:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facebook, internet troll at work, click, reply,<\/p>\n<p><em>Scroll&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Random nostalgia looking at memories &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Scroll\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>unrecognizable transition to sadness over not having met someone for quite a while,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Snapchat, that person you never talk to in real life snapped you, click, snap,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIs this envy? No, I\u2019m happy for her.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Play store wants to update your apps,<\/p>\n<p>Quick wi-fi availability check, swipe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>News app, 56 killed in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>Swipe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Onefootball, Liverpool just signed Van Dijk, click.<\/p>\n<p>Elation. Scroll, \u201c<em>Man United falter again. Bale to China?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amazon, those items in your wishlist which you&#8217;ll never use in real life have become cheap, click.<\/p>\n<p>Impulse driven shopping.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLogical, when you are trying to recover from a breakup, &#8230;right?\u201d<\/em>, you tell yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YouTube, time to revisit a few scenes of your favourite sitcom.<\/p>\n<p>Click.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYouTube is a miracle!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Click.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Laughter, sadness, awe.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHas it been two hours already &#8230;? Just one more video.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ringing\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, self-centered sapien needs something, again?\u201d&#8230;&#8230;..goes to voicemail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fitness app, \u201cGet Running, 3\/50 fit points achieved today\u2026..\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTomorrow will be THE DAY.\u201d<\/em> swipe<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instagram, college heartthrob just commented on your photo, click, scroll\u2026..<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLet me check my follower count. DECREASED BY 2!?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STOP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anxiety. Disgust. Self-hatred.<\/p>\n<p>Chaos drowning out the real you,<\/p>\n<p>Master of passions and desires,<\/p>\n<p>Making you fear the sound of silence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell me, who are you without all the noise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Yashas G<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7:00 PM Ting! Facebook, internet troll at work, click, reply, Scroll&#8230; Random nostalgia looking at memories &#8230; Scroll\u2026 unrecognizable transition to sadness over not having met someone for quite a while, Ting! Snapchat, that person you never talk to in real life snapped you, click, snap, \u201cIs this envy? 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